| Names |
TALAT MAHMOOD |
| Date of
Birth |
February 24, 1924
– Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
| Date of
Death |
May 09, 1998
– Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. |
| Identity |
Play
back Singer, Ghazal
specialist, Film Actor. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1939: He began his singing career at the age of 16 in 1939
when he began singing the Ghazals of Daag, Mir, Jigar, etc.
on All India Radio, Lucknow.
- 1941:
HMV noticed that his had a quality
distinct from all the other singers and offered Talat his
first disc.
- 1992: He was honoured with
PADMA BHUSHAN Award by the Govt of India.
|
| General |
- He is also known as
Tapan Kumar in Calcutta for singing Bangla songs.
- He was famous for singing ghazals.
- The then famous ghazal singers included Ustad
Barkat Ali Khan, K.L. Saigal and M.A. Rauf.
- His ghazal 'Tasveer teri dil mera behela nah
sake gi' brought him the fame throughout India and
soon he was a highly sought after playback singer in the
film industry.
- Initially, in Calcutta, he recorded a lot of
Bangla songs under the assumed name "Tapan
kumar".
- He acted in over a dozen films with top actresses of the
time like Nutan, Mala Sinha, Suraiya and
others.
- Later he decided to give up acting to
concentrate on singing.
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